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Old Apr 29, 2016 | 9:49 am
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Originally Posted by Siberian_Viktorya
I actually thought about that last week when I was doing my monthly change to a new Google password. I wish Google Drive was a separate entity so I don't have to use my Google Gmail password for the same thing. I do have a fairly strong password, which is like this one "Wc5#mkJ_2c7q&pYXe$" (not my actual one, of course) Oddly enough, that's easy to remember because each character is the first characters of objects around my bedroom.

When I used to keep stuff stored on Dropbox, my friends and family always told me that they couldn't download faster than 8 to 10mbps. After I switched to Google Drive, they were always able to download at least 25mbps.(although that's probably because they live close to a Google server?)
Complex password is good. Also make sure you enable two step authentication. And don't lose the backup codes! Print them out and file them away somewhere.

I wouldn't worry about using the same password across all Google properties...I suspect their security and practices are pretty good.
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